Chemicals (10)

Downtown Chemicals
Sweage Control, Downtown

Pure Water (10)

Sewage Control, Downtown

Sheet Metal (10)
ExMetal (10)

Ore Processing
Ore Processing 2
Downtown Recycling

Plastics (10)

Downtown Chemicals
AgroChem, Alpha

Gems (10)

Downtown Munitions
Craven Components, Alpha
Trade Central
Alpha Trading Post

Traditional Methods Of Getting A Fusion Cell

The most common ways of getting a Fusion cell are by piracy and running the GangBoy Mission in the plotline. The GangBoy mission is discussed here. It occurs around day sixteen or seventeen, about the time Fusion Cells are starting to pop up in other places.

You will probably find one a day or two earlier if you keep your eyes open. Pirates in the Downtown Crater are apt to have picked up one from the Gang transports. Shoot them and take the Fusion Cell to your hangar for fitting. No hangar? Just go to a Breaker Maker, sell it, and then have them fit it. You'll lose about $2000 in the trade and fitting.

There's nothing stopping you from shooting down the Gang transports yourself. The trick is that you don't know which ones have Fusion Cells or standard Cells. After around day ten, most of the Gang transports are fitted with Fusion Cells. You'll need to get amnesty after shooting the Gang transports, but it can wait until you've shot a few.

You should also check the "Sales" menu in Trading Posts. You're quite apt to find a Fusion Cell for sale at around 16-18K. This is the easiest, but not the earliest way to find one. They usually don't show up for sale until after the GangBoy Mission, but they sometimes do. Keep an eye out for them.

Experimental Craft

MagMar was the first HardWar pilot to find and shoot down one of the "Experimental Craft" that HardWarp FM messages you about early in the game. He has a saved game on my site to prove it. Shortly after Laz gets Unknown Origin, you get messages that experimental craft are being sighted. These craft are Fusion Cell-fitted Neo-Tigers.

Finding one of these craft is tough. Shooting them down is just as tough. To find one you have to react quickly. As soon as HardWarp FM messages you that one of these craft have been spotted, target the subject of the message -- usually a faction HQ. If there is no "Target Subject" button, the target the sender, HardWarp FM.

Fly right to the target building and check your Radar Range. Fly around using your "y" key to target everything around you. When you find the experimental craft, shoot it immediately. It's a lot faster than you and it will get away if you don't engage it early. Remember that you'll most likely still be flying your original Silver-Y.

It's going to be a long dogfight. Make sure you have your target in site when firing. You don't have the power to afford misses. When the ship goes down, immediately target the Fusion Cell and run it to a Breaker Maker to have it fitted. (You probably don't have a hangar this early in the game.)

If you miss one, there will be others. Keep an eye for those messages. I've only been able to target and find two of these Moths -- one in Downtown and one in Highrise. I heartily suggest fighting the Downtown experimental Moth. The one in Highrise has Laz Patrols and Guards supporting it.